EasyBible Trivia
What does the author of Ecclesiastes consider more bitter than death?
AA malady of the body
BAn idolatrous woman✓ Correct Answer
CRebellious children
DA foolish man
Answer & Explanation
✓ An idolatrous woman
Solomon considers an idolatrous woman ('whose heart is snares and nets and whose hands are bands') to be more bitter than death. Solomon knows well the power of a woman as he himself had approximately 700 wives and 300 concubines, none of whom served Yahweh, God of Israel. 1 Kings 11 records the fall of Solomon, involving his love for foreign women whose hearts worshipped strange gods. In his old age, his wives turned his heart away from God and he began worshipping the gods of his wives, resulting in the downfall of his entire kingdom. Ecclesiastes 7:26